Trade Sales Advisor

Grafton Group; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Basic Salary

Private Health Care

Sick Pay Scheme

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

Pension Scheme

Colleague Saving Scheme

Profit Share Scheme

Colleague Discount

Educational Assistance

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Cork Builders Providers, part of Grafton Group, Cork, is seeking a Trade Sales Advisor for the Togher Cork branch. The role focuses on knowledgeable, friendly service to customers while optimising branch sales and gross profit.

Responsibilities include building customer relationships, identifying sales opportunities, achieving sales and margin targets, and maintaining an orderly counter and stock levels across Plumbing, Timber, Steel and Ironmongery.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a busy builders provider is desirable but not necessary (training provided).
• Proven track record of achieving and exceeding both sales and margin targets.
• Sales experience selling a broad range of products.

Responsibilities

• Build effective relationships with customers to understand requirements and supply correct products.
• Identify sales opportunities and offer advice and solutions to maximise profitable sales and margin.
• Achieve sales and margin targets.
• Maintain a clean, well-merchandised counter area aligned with company policy.
• Process paperwork accurately and in line with company policies for sales.
• Re-order selected product lines and maintain stock levels in Plumbing, Timber, Steel and Ironmongery.
• Liaise with suppliers as needed and support Branch Manager/colleagues for efficient operations.
• Maintain a tidy, safe working environment in line with health and safety guidelines.
• Actively safeguard company goods against theft and participate in ongoing duties as required.

Skills

Effective teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Flexibility to learn

People orientation

Job description

Trade Sales Advisor - Cork Builder's Provider's, West Link, Togher Industrial Estate Togher, Cork, T12 A324 (2 Positions Required)

Cork Builders Providers,West Link, Togher Industrial Estate Togher, Cork, T12 A324, is part of Grafton Group Plc’s Chadwick's Group, the market leader in Ireland’s builder’s merchanting industry. Cork Builders Providers supplies a wide range of building materials and products to trade professionals and DIY customers across Cork. The Group’s main brands include Chadwick's, Cork Builders Providers, Davies, and Telford's, with additional specialist brands such as Heitons Steel, Panelling Centre, Morgans Timber, Proline, Sitetech, and Rooney’s Hardware.

Principle Objective

The role of Trade Sales Advisor is to provide our customers with a knowledgeable, friendly and dependable service whilst at the same time optimising branch sales and gross profit, promote the company's products and services in a professional manner and deliver a superior standard of customer care to our existing customers.

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous experience working in a busy builder provider desirable but not necessary (Training Provided)
• A proven track record of achieving and exceeding both sales and margin targets
• Sales experience selling a broad range of products

Key Responsibilities

• Build effective working relationships with customers, in order to understand their requirements thus ensuring that the correct products are supplied
• Use initiative to identify sales opportunities and offer advice and solutions to customers, thus maximising profitable sales and margin
• Achieve Sales & margin targets
• Maintain a clean and effectively merchandised counter area in line with company policy
• Ensure that company policies are followed at all times when producing paperwork associated with sales
• Responsible for the re-order of selected product lines and also ensuring that stock levels of selected product lines within the relevant department i.e. Plumbing, Timber, Steel and Ironmongery are maintained at appropriate levels
• Liaise with suppliers where necessary
• Support the Branch Manager and colleagues in working as a team to ensure the branch operates efficiently and effectively within company policy
• Always ensure a tidy working environment in line with health and safety guidelines
• Actively safeguard against theft of company goods or property by always being security conscious
• Perform any other duties as may be deemed necessary or as may be required by the company

Essential Competencies

• Effective team working
• Excellent interpersonal and customer-facing skills
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• The flexibility and willingness to learn
• To enjoy working with people

Contract Type

• Permanent
• Part Time Contract (24hrs per week)
• Working week Monday to Friday, may be required to take part in the Saturday roster

Our Benefits Include

• Competitive Basic Salary
• Private Health Care
• Sick Pay Scheme
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
• Pension Scheme
• Colleague Saving Scheme
• Profit Share Scheme
• Colleague Discount
• Educational Assistance
• Wellness initiatives

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Chadwicks Group we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

DISCLAIMER: Chadwicks Group reserves the right at any time to change, delete, or add to any of the provisions of this Role Profile at its sole discretion and it is the colleagues responsibility to familiarise themselves with these changes. Furthermore, the provisions of this Role Profile are designed by Chadwicks Group to serve as guidelines rather than absolute responsibilities and duties.